Suicide

A Chicago area teenager and her boyfriend are on suicide watch on the Indonesian resort island of Bali as police hold them as suspects in the murder of the woman's mother, whose battered body was found in a suitcase, authorities said. No charges have been brought in connection with the death of Sheila von Wiese-Mack, 62, whose body was found inside a bloodied suitcase in a taxi outside the luxury St. Regis hotel in Nusa Dua, Bali, last week. Her daughter, Heather Mack, 18, and Mack's boyfriend, Tommy Schaefer, 21, were arrested and detained as suspects. Bali police spokesman Hery Wiyanto said the couple were depressed and were on suicide watch. "Their mental state is...

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